ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT

DAILY CRIME REPORT

Monday, November 24, 2008

This report describes some of the most serious or otherwise noteworthy incidents since the last report. It does not encompass all of the reported crimes that may have occurred in the city. To search crime and incident data by date, block, neighborhood, classification or disposition, please go to: http://www3.alexandriava.gov/police/crime_reports/reporter.php

FELONIOUS ASSAULT:

300 block of South Reynolds Street. On 1/22 at 4:12 A.M.The victim, a white Hispanic male Fairfax County resident, was assaulted by 10-15 persons and knocked to the ground. He suffered a non life- threatening puncture wound.

ABDUCTION/SEXUAL ASSAULT:

1200 block of North Washington Street. On 11:22 at 4:00 A.M. at the victim was accosted on the street near her home and forced behind a building and sexually assaulted. The suspect is a black male wearing a mask

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ROBBERY:

2922 Duke Street. On 11/21 at 7:00 P.M. a subject removed cash from the business after intimidating the clerk, a white male city resident. The suspect is a black male, 40 45 years old, wearing a gray coat,who fled in an unknown direction.

Seminary Road and Fairbanks Avenue. On 11/23 at 5:20 P.M. the victim, a Hispanic female City resident, reports that her purse containing personal property, was snatched from her shoulder at the above location. There were no injuries. The suspect is a Hispanic male, 20-30 years old, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

GRAND LARCENY AUTO:

Reading Avenue at Winston Court. On11/22 between 1:00 A.M. and 11:45 A.M.

Stolen:  2005 Ford Focus, 4-door, black.

6700 block of Edsall Road. Between 11/19 at 4:00A.M. and 11/20 at 12:00 P.M.

Stolen: 2000 Toyota, 4-Runner, SUV, silver.

Beginning December 1, 2008, the Alexandria Police Department will no longer issue a Daily Crime Report. In its place, year-to-date and week-to-week crime statistics will be posted on the Police Department’s Website on a daily basis. This information will be accessible through the “Crime Overview” link on the Department’s home page, www.alexandriava.gov/police. To access additional, detailed information about crime within the City, please visit the Department’s new searchable online database at crimereports.com.

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